#knowing-oneself

"Self-Sufficiency [10w] When God closes a door,buy a Sawzall from Home Depot."

"The Road to Poetry Hell [10w] The road to poetry hell is likepaved with similes."

"Before It's Too Late [10w] Life's too transient to waste time hating ~plot revenge now!"

"Talented [10w] Being called talented brings with it more hatred than applause."

"Illinois State Motto State sovereignty, national union.Life begins and ends with corruption."

"Let's Face It [10w] If you've peed on enough fire hydrants, you're a dog."

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"Persistence If persistence is the foundation of all success, how come persistent liars and nags aren't more successful?"

"In the Future [1]: (criminals) In the future we're going to find a wayto turn criminals into wordsand then place them in parentheses."

"Bespeckled Heroes [10w] Great heroes in 100 years become statues speckled with birdshit."

"Rainbows and Gratuitous Violence Whenever I see a rainbow, I want to punch a penguin in the face."

"Jealousy [10w] Jealousy's like being reprimanded for a crime you haven't committed."

"Evil [10w] Believing you're evil sets into motion the wheels of self-destruction."

"Love vs. Mental Illness [10w] Love, like mental illness, comes on graduallyand then suddenly."

"Spirochetes [10w] + {Couplet} Even amongst the spirochetes,there are the privileged and elites."

"Soulmate [10w] When you meet your soulmate,God's walked into the room."

"Proof Proof of God's existence is as silly as proof of love's."

"The Pompous Psychopomp Its your charge to provide me safe passage to the afterlife,to be a midwife to my dying.Any yet, you hover there, judging me,putting on airs, you supercilious whip-poor-will.You're an embarrassment to nightjars everywhere.Now do your fucking job and take me to hell ~which I guess has already begun,judging by your shitty escort service."

"Sixty is the New Fifty The good news is sixty is the new fifty.The bad news is twenty is the new ten."

"Life is like a sandwich!Birth as one slice,and death as the other.What you put in-between the slices is up to you.Is your sandwich tasty or sour?Allan Rufus.org"